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Black smoke emerges from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The black smoke indicates that the new pope has not been elected yet. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

VATICAN CITY -- Black smoke has emerged from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no agreement on a new pope in the first vote Tuesday.

The 115 cardinals who will cast a vote to elect a pope to replace Pope Benedict XVI are in lockdown as they gather in the secretive conclave to elect their new leader.

The cardinals held the first day of the conclave deeply divided over the problems of the church and who best among them could fix them following the stunning resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. The Vatican made clear it didn't expect a winner on the first ballot.

The cardinals now return to the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel for the night. They return to the Apostolic Palace for Mass Wednesday morning and a new round of voting.

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